Last Sunday I had an epic 4hr session, however due to constant rubbing of the depower line on one of my fingers it is now very sore. This is because when going upwind I tend to hold the bar with one hand, and in order to maintain control of the kite I have my hand in the middle of the bar with the depower line running between my fingers. It wasn't too painful riding but is now rubbed raw and quite painful and weepy.

So my question is... had anyone else encountered this problem? Is there a better way to hold the bar one handed? Funnily enough I only have the problem on one hand.

One possible fix I was thinking of was to modify the bar with a hose offcut fixed to the bar but that runs on the depower, hence saving my fingers. Any other suggestions?

if you don't wish to change your hand position can you cut up a leather glove and use it as a sleeve over that area of the finger?

I do that when casting big lures using heavy braid and it stops any issues.

Tape it up.It will last the session.

Some of the stuff posted on here seriously blows my mind. On a more serious note sometimes when i bat off too much my donkey d!ck gets rubbed raw. Any sugestions on how to solve this problem?

I had the same problem.
I started wearing box cutter gloves.
Then I learned to keep my centre fingers slightly wider apart

From this thread, I read

Worn Finger
Up & down friction
Leather / fingerless glove
Comfy PU seath
Lube/donkey dick
Spread them wider apart
Pole Dancers

Suck it up princess I've had bigger cuts on my mickey!!!!

Always kiteloop :-)

SaveTheWhales said...
Ages ago i remember seeing a heat shrink sleeve with a small tube for the depower - to prevent your finger catching...

Ages ago I remember Aussie men wrestling crocs, catching deadly snakes with the speed of hand and kites with no de-power
Fast forward and you have vegans ,same sex marriage and topics on a sore fingers and fading kites with 100% depower

glendog said..
Some of the stuff posted on here seriously blows my mind. On a more serious note sometimes when i bat off too much my donkey d!ck gets rubbed raw. Any sugestions on how to solve this problem?

be nicer to your missus mate

cauncy said..

SaveTheWhales said...
Ages ago i remember seeing a heat shrink sleeve with a small tube for the depower - to prevent your finger catching...

Ages ago I remember Aussie men wrestling crocs, catching deadly snakes with the speed of hand and kites with no de-power
Fast forward and you have vegans ,same sex marriage and topics on a sore fingers and fading kites with 100% depower

And moderators

Ride with your kite lower to the water then you won't need your hand to be over the centre of the bar.

The slingshot bar has a little lip you can put your fingers around so they don't rub the center line.

but seriously you can just put your one hand on the top half of the bar near the middle so you dont need to split your fingers

Just like masterbation, adjust your technique so you don't rub yourself raw!

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